Senior Vegetation Management & Forestry Specialist — Hybrid

Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.; Ontario (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Vegetation Management & Forestry Senior Specialist to lead contractor field safety, environmental compliance, and program development. You will review plans, set KPIs, and coordinate with stakeholders to optimize tree trimming and vegetation work across the service area.

The role emphasizes safety, cost control, and regulatory compliance in a hybrid work setting with mandatory field presence in California and Ontario.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in vegetation management.
• ISA Certified Arborist
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Performs contractor field safety observations on Safety Tier 1 High Risk, Safety Tier 1 and Safety Tier 2 contract partners. Enforces contractor adherence to the Life-Saving Compliance Tree Trimming Critical Observable Actions (COAs). Provides ongoing feedback on contractor's safety performance and corrective actions. Establishes success criteria, Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and monitoring goals for new programs, examining plans and specifications to determine work procedures and costs.
• Performs contractor field environmental observations. Enforces contractor adherence to standard and site- specific environmental requirements that drive environmental compliance.
• Facilitates field calibration and orientation sessions with contractors to review SCE expectations, align with SCE evolving priorities related to reduction in wildfire risk and customer service, and identifies trends and corrective actions where quality of work does not meet expectations.
• Performs Post Work Verification (PWV) on Pre-inspection and Tree Trimming work and identifies and assigns rework to contractors when quality expectations are not met. Passes a verbal and field practical Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS)) prior to performing these duties.
• Provides input to annual work plans to optimize the execution of work and identifies associated contract resource needs, partners with RPPM to ensure schedule adherence of planned and emergent work.
• Investigates tree-related outages to determine root cause. Documents and communicates observations and investigatory results to first line supervision, using standardized templates and forms.
• Serves as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert on utility vegetation management programs and regulations and represents SCE VM to OU partners, the public/homeowners and County, City, and state/federal agencies.
• Monitors and evaluates operational costs and performance of tree trimming and vegetation maintenance contractors, reviewing and approving contractor safety and billing documentation to ensure accuracy.
• Supports the development, evaluation and implementation of new methods for line clearance and vegetation management in compliance with applicable regulations, standards and company tactical and strategic objectives.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders (internal and external to SCE) in order to set project goals, prioritize new initiatives and programs, and maintains a documented vegetation management program strategy that meets key stakeholder expectations.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in forestry, arboriculture, or business

ISA Certified Arborist

Job description

Southern California Edison is seeking a Vegetation Management & Forestry Senior Specialist to lead contractor field safety, environmental compliance, and program development. You will review plans, set KPIs, and coordinate with stakeholders to optimize tree trimming and vegetation work across the service area.

The role emphasizes safety, cost control, and regulatory compliance in a hybrid work setting with mandatory field presence in California and Ontario.